The quality of food we consume is
unarguably more important than the quality of material accessories. Being Conscious of everything our bodies
consumes is our responsibility. Inter-meal junk food eventually turns into
culprits responsible for several long-term diseases. Despite the hereditary
effects, most lifestyle diseases can
be controlled by Positive Lifestyle changes in our habits.

So what are these Positive Lifestyle Changes? Here are a few simple habits that
can significantly improve the quality of your Life-

1. Hot Beverages- If you are drinking tea or coffee absolutely without any refined sugar
absolutely, bravo! For those who drink them sweeter than honey, a suggestion to
help you get over the addiction is to reduce the quantity of sugar in 'trace'
amounts every day. This way your taste buds won't reject this new habit. Also, introduce yourself to green tea which
has many benefits.

2. Chores- Try to do them yourself (unless you’ve been advised to avoid them
for health reasons) as much as possible. In the midst of completing your chores
(laundry, cooking, etc)you also burn a few calories.

3. Your Environment- Keep it clean. It’s a psychological effect to feel unkempt
mentally when one's surroundings are untidy.
If finding time for a solid makeover of your home is challenging,
organize the task stepwise. For example- clean your wardrobe shelf-wise.

4. Home Grown Veggies- You don't have to turn into a farmer to grow your own food.
Begin with learning to grow bean sprouts today! Throw in a handful of either cow pea or bean
seeds into a glass jar covered with fine muslin. Water the seeds daily, filling
the jar with tap water, drain the excess and leave the seeds hydrated. Place
the jar in a dark, aerated and warm place. Continue these steps daily. After four to five days the seeds will begin to sprout. You can cook a delicious curry and serve
with brown bread or rice.

6. Meal Size- Reduce your meal size quantitatively from breakfast to dinner.
This way you go to bed with a light stomach. Incorporate healthy snacks in
between the three main meals to activate your metabolism.

7. Smoking- If you are already a social or chain smoker, cut down the quantity
gradually as mentioned in habit 1. In this case, if you smoke five cigarettes a day, aim to reduce it to 4.75 through a period of one week and continue the process every new week.

8. Posture- Whether you sit or stand you owe the responsibility of a healthy
posture to your spine. Be conscious of your posture always- whether you are studying,
working, meditating, praying, etc.

9. Complaining- As much as it may seem reasonable to complaint at times,
complaining is often an energy draining addiction and contributes to stress and depression for
both, the one complaining and the recipients listening out of addiction or obligation. So let it go.

10. Physical activity- Increase activity gradually. It doesn't have to be strenuous
sports or exercises if you are a beginner. For starters, take a brisk 30 minute
walk 4-5 times per week. This is recommended for Arterial occluded patients, so
it’s undoubtedly harmless to healthy beginners. You can alternate this habit with
habits 2 and 3. If you have been advised not to exert yourself physical please seek advice form your physician.

Quite often, many of us reach out to help our loved ones
when they are not yet ready and sometimes not interested to be ‘saved’ by us. Based on our personal experiences, we assume that
we know what is best for them and do not easily give up trying to assist them through their individual
challenges. Are we genuinely intending
what is best for them or in reality, are we insidiously controlling them using
the labels of love, responsibility and care to camouflage the truth? What about
their innate freedom to decide what, when, who, why and where? If we honestly
empathize with them, we too would not like to be controlled and over-protected in
the name of love, responsibility and care. Sometimes, the most adventurous walk
is the walk in another’s shoes to understand their reality.

One way to love and support those we care about, be it
our parents, spouse or partner, children, friends and relatives is to honestly
let go of trying to control them with our personal perspectives of how they
should live. Indeed we can offer our opinions and suggestions with respect and
kindness; but our role stops right there. Attempts of over-convincing another is often
unhealthy and leads to wounding relationships. Beyond the
point of expressing our views, it is indeed left up to the recipient's choice,
whether or not they wish to consider our opinions. If we love someone enough to
want to support them unconditionally any time they need us, then shouldn’t we also
be willing to respect them enough to know when to pause? When to give them the time
and space to breathe, contemplate, forgive, accept, grow and evolve naturally
in directions they choose? Is it not their right?

Inter-dependence is significantly more fruitful than independence
and dependence. Consider our physical bodies as an example. When all our organ
systems are healthy, they function as an organized team enabling the whole individual
to thrive and prosper through various challenges. The same principle is seen in
nature as well, where various systems as the water cycle, seasons, emigration and
immigration of various species- all work in inter-dependent harmony to ensure
an inter-connected peaceful balance. Likewise at an inter-personal social and
community level, when we understand and practice inter-dependence, we open
myriad pathways to synergism, which according to the Oxford dictionary is “the
cooperation of two or more things to produce a combined effect greater than the
sum of their separate effects.”

Our Power resides not in controlling each other, rather in
allowing each other to be through our innate individual freedom. “Live and Let Live” can only be experienced on
a daily basis when we respect each other. To respect each other, we should
genuinely let go of the unhealthy habit of trying to control one other. Since,
in reality nobody owns anyone and each of us are here with equal rights and
equal power of free will.

I spent several years interviewing and studying individuals from over thirty
countries regarding contentment, inner peace and happiness. They varied from
illiterate tribes, patients from different walks of life, intellectual professors
to diverse families and friends. Regardless which category they represented,
the most content were those living with a sense of purpose driven by their
passions. So what exactly does passionmean?

Our passion is that which makes us come alive. Our Heart’s calling which makes us awaken everyday with
enthusiasm making Life worth living. It can be anything you love doing and
doesn’t necessarily have to be the most popular or noble career in town. Your
passion can be music, healing, gardening, embroidery, architecture,
photography, poetry, business, art or cookery. Any passion can be transformed
into a career when taken seriously enough.
Become the Beethoven, Leonardo or Picasso of whatever you love and enjoy
doing.

The Sufi Poet Rumi said- “Everyone has been made for a purpose and
that purpose has been instilled in their Heart.” So what is instilled in your Heart?

You are probably wondering how you could discover your
passion. Here are a few possibilities-

1. Via an epiphany- One Life changing experience may create a sudden and intense
awareness of your passion. This may occur on a regular day while reading a
book, watching a movie, on your way to school or work. It is an instant wake up
call inviting you to realize what you are here to do.

2. Via change- This may either be minor or major Life
changing events . Eg- Accepting or losing a job, the beginning or end of
relationships, relocating your geography, illness or recovery, birth or death
of a family member , etc. These events enable you to discover sides of yourself
that you didn’t know existed.

3. Via Intuition- Our passions are a product of our
intuition, our Inner guide. Some individuals are more aligned with their
intuition at an early age and hence realize their passions sooner. Indeed this
is significantly influenced by our environments. For eg- If a child was born to
a family of artists or musicians, he or she is more likely to be inspired to unravel
their creativity at an early age. On the other hand, if the child is more
logical by nature they would be steered to explore more left-brain fields despite
the environment pressures. This also applied vice versa, where one maybe born
to a more logical environment while in reality their passions are towards
creative expressions.

4. Via Experience- Most of us discover our passions
gradually via experience on a day to day basis as we get glimpses guided by our
intuition. These would be moments when we come alive as we encounter our
passion.

Intellectual velocities, every unique momentumaccelerating faster than all previous generationsCan experiences really be limited to definitions?Every ancestral story understood and recordedmillenniums, centuries, myriad decades expiring.Embrace the evolution of our species O’ Siblingswithin every realm Here, Now’s the celebration!

Independent of modern progressive refinementour carnal individual Human needs and Instinctsdigestion, procreation, pleasure and protectionorchestrating with the Universal Animal Kingdomthe Matrix- we breathe, connect and functionhas always been the Stream of Consciousnessbegan All Life Force unknown yesteryear agoushering you and I gently Here, this moment.

Let go resisting our unprotected vulnerabilitywe arrived purely naked, whole and Innocenttrained to conceal our Core into many layerstangible and intangible guilt, lies, many fearswrapped our souls into hypnotized mummiesdo you honestly recognize what you see withinmirrors reflecting through every dawn's Being.

We were already scanned by synthetic raysbefore we experienced Mother Earth’s rainsprocess began in amniotic fetal programminginto lower suppressive realms and dimensionsto be enslaved into unfulfillable brainwashingindeed by countless senile infants in survival.

It doesn’t matter how afraid we were yesterdaywhat counts is, how far would you unravel todayto uncover the lies by the global collective ego?Hear, hypnotic spells can be potentially brokenby our One Breathing collective ConsciousnessO' sons and daughters of Divinity awakeninglet us come together as One sans every division.

You and IBeloved BeingFish of One SeaBirds of One FlockClouds of One SkySouls of One LoveLeaves of One TreeBeats of One HeartDrops of One OceanPieces of One PuzzleGrains of One DesertSiblings of One FamilyCells of One OrganismPearls of One NecklaceBeauty of One Divine GodBreathes of One Consciousness.

As much as each Soul yearn for FREEdom, Peace and Love, let us also be Universal enough to ALLOW other Beings to have EQUAL FREEdom, Peace and Love.

If personal CHOICES of practicing certain religious and traditional life styles brings peace and happiness to some of Us, please allow Us to BE.

If personal CHOICES of certain lifestyles without any attachments to religious and traditional rituals brings peace and happiness to Us, please allow Us to BE too.

We can SHARE via expressing our evolving understanding and views of the Journey via our personal Experiences. After expressing, let us also genuinely Listen to others' views through their personal Experiences too, as we smile with Love, shake hands in Peace and continue walking Our own unique Chosen Odysseys.

ALL Souls are EQUALLY channels and instruments of Divine Truth. No single path is the ONLY Path to Light.

When our own finger prints of each hand, INDIVIDUALLY stand out from each other Freely with Beauty, Strongly with Boldness and Softly with Grace, how then can WHOLE Beings be attempted to be squeezed and FIT into limited social molds?

Diversity is a Divine Beautiful Ocean. We can only feel its Breeze when we fully embrace the WHOLE spectrum of ALL the Colors, Music, Aromas and Depths of the WHOLE Rainbow of our Evolving Race with RESPECT.

How boring would this Human Physical Earth Experience be if we looked externally alike and had the same culture and traditions?

Our Diversity make us Unique, our Universal Spiritual common denominator of our True Nature make us One. The Beauty of this Oneness lies in the camouflaged coordination withIN each Being, coming together INside Out, as One Glorious Universal Puzzle, each piece SIGNIFICANTLY affecting one another, as we immerse and soak Consciously in the Divinity of Spiritual Synergism, just as the myriad creatures in the Ocean Meditate, Sing and Dance as One Orchestra saluting with utmost Respect, the Life Force of One Breath.

Let us Truly CO-EXIST together with Peace and Love as we genuinely CARE for one another Dear Siblings of the Celestial Home and the Human Family··٠٠••●●♥♥

Dive within your Breathe for TranslationEnlightenment, Heaven, Paradise gardensResides not far from every Heart beatingThey flow out withIN yOur Celestial BeingBe! The East and West, Female and MaleArise anew O' fearlessly Spiritual Warriors!

Saddened by this mechanical lifeRewinding, replaying nine to fiveBlind eyes turned to appreciatingSimple beauty of Life hibernating!

This delusional race should stopIsn't it about Our Hearts' calling?Making us feel we are truly AliveAwaken O' Sleepwalkers to LIFE!

As children everything seemed SO possibleBelieved in fairy tales with great aspirationsGrew older and exposed to corrupt systemsLearnt fear, hatred, negativity, impossibilityTaught by robotic fear driven sleepwalkersHypnotized not to achieve the "I'm-possible"

IF we choose to unlearn everythingHolding us to stagnating inhibitionsWe'd have clarity, a sharper visionAgain the fairy tales seem possible!

Lets go with the FlowBrush Away negativityEmbracing possibilitiesLabeled as Impossible

We have already come this farLet us take Our diverse raceTo deeper many possible levelsThat many said WAS Impossible!

O' Tears of silent serenity,Thou art my secret elixir,As we embrace one another,In Love, Acceptance and Peace,For the only Earthly Soulmate,Is each Spirit to each Body,As we embrace one another,Can there, then be complaints?

You are truly ALIVE in this journey when you BE-come the human personification of your Heart's passion and dreams.

Your sole mission on Earth was IN-stillled as pure seeds withIN your Beautiful Spirit before Mother Earth channeled you through her womb into this physical plane for the Human Experience.

If you love painting, BE Art in Human formIf you love music, BE Music in human formif you love writing, BE Poetry in human formIf you love business, BE Creative in Human formIf you love embroidery, BE Intricacy in Human formIf you love medicine, BE Healing in Human formIf you love engineering, BE innovation in Human form

Every single soul has a mission of transforming their passions which manifest as dreams into their OWN tangible reality.

Are you honestly interested to take the full responsibility without excuses, to find out how inexplicably wonder-full it FEELS to BE ALIVE beyond survival?

If you choose greatness, you will be rememberedIf you choose mediocrity, you will be forgottenIf you choose survival, you will surviveIf you choose Life, you will LIVE.

Not everyone born and raised Sufi is a Universal Rumi,Not everyone born and raised Taoist is a Wise Lao Tzu,Not everyone born and raised Jewish is a Brave Moses,Not everyone born and raised Christian is a Gentle Jesus,Not everyone born and raised Hindu is an Evolved Krishna,Not everyone born and raised Muslim is a Peaceful Mohammed,Not everyone born and raised Scientific is an Authentic Einstein,Not everyone born and raised Buddhist is an Enlightened Buddha,Not everyone...

However,

Each of US have the Pure innate potential to Transcend into Universal, Wise, Brave, Gentle, Evolved, Peaceful, Authentic and Enlightened Beings as Refined as Our Respected and Admirable- Rumi, Lao Tzu, Moses, Jesus, Krishna, Mohammed, Einstein, Buddha and many other role models that walked Our Beloved Mother Earth in the past and today.

WE are ALL Universal Divine Spirits dwelling withIN Musical instruments of Our blessed Physical Bodies.

WE are either Consciously Awakening via LOVE or limited in painful slumber within the programmed prisons of FEARS resisting our OWN refinement and beautiful Growth towards Divine Enlightenment.

If You REALLY BELIEVE you deserve to discover your Heart's Destiny in this journey, You'd DEFINITELY find pathways to find it with joy without giving any excuses to the World.

The question is- Do YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART YOU DESERVE to find it without a cell of doubt or fear in your Heart?

Time for us to step out of the futile Blame Game dear Soul siblings and TRUST the Universe and Our Hearts to LOVINGLY aid and nurture Our Chosen Odyssey to unfold INside out~~~

O' Unique Phoenixes, Let us arise anew with unwavering Determination, Courage and LOVE from the controlled, feared and discouraged ashes of our expired selves of yesterday!

We are more powerful Divine Spiritual Beings than giving up easily on our INNATE destinies who's seeds have already been INStilled in our Hearts' Cradle before we arrived upon the planes of Mother Earth, to pursue our Hearts' missions!

Are YOU ready to take the stand for all it's worth and discover the beauty in yOur Chosen Odyssey?

Ensure you are well hydrated with sufficient water and fluids between your meals. There is evident tendencies to eat in excess as a 'replacement' for your thirst, one of the leading causes of unconsciously gaining weight (exact quantity of water requirement depends on various factors, eg- exercise duration, external temperature, etc).

It is your responsibility to care, nurture, cherish, feed and groom this Divine instrument to the best of your abilities with genuine interest and tender Love until your last breath.

You will take full responsibility to be Conscious of everything you feed and quench this body, make peace and let go of stagnating attachments of unhealthy habits, eg- smoking, binge drinking of intoxicants, recreational drugs and/ or anything known to be harmful and/ or addictive. You will keep this vehicle well hydrated with a minimum of 10 glasses of crystal clean water (exact quantity depends on your weight, exercise time, environmental conditions and water content in food) as a fresh exotic island of Life at all times.

You will provide the necessary service of exercising (atleast 5 times/ week) this vehicle with an impeccable discipline via being committed to your mission on Earth to Spiritually evolve inside out via this physical plane as a Human. You will choose not to blame the economy, your job demands, your partner, your parents or your children for this innate responsibility, instead you would ensure you begin this responsibility by finding the time starting THIS week, beginning with a brisk (or normal-paced is you believe you need a gradual start) walk in your neighborhood if you are already not involved in any work out program (P.S- Consult your GP if you are diagnosed of any health conditions which is known to aggravate by physical exertion).

There are NO excuses for not taking care of your BEING when you truly embrace your Physical Experience of tangibility HERE AND NOW.

Do you honestly accept, embrace and Love the gift of your external mirror image which is merely a reflection of your internal Divine garden?

How can you expect to BE Loved or Love anyone outside your own Heart before you choose to learn to Love your own core and every organ housing your Spirit, ie your Divine Body.

I hope you begin TODAY, starting from a shift in your intentions NOW dear Soul Siblings. :)

"After you find your Heart's calling, you would undoubtedly encounter several unfamiliar and unpleasant hurdles towards fulfilling your passions into your reality. The ego would tempt you to stay within your comfort zones, and fuel you to choose to give up on yourself; Whilst the awakening Spirit can bail you out of your own viscosity as you Believe in yourself via the strength of the Love we feel for God. Choose to focus on progression despite the limiting reigns holding you back from your growth and evolution. The direction and refinement of our journey is purely based on our intentions."

‎"Too often we are afraid to unravel the unpredictable possibilities of our potentials as we stagnate in the comfort zones of our familiar past. Nobody can create the intentions for you to grow, refine and evolve except your Higher Self, which is often in hibernation. Wake up for the Love of God and the evolution of our Universal family."

"Challenges, hardships and pain are like diverse knots intricately designed in unique designs. We discover them in various forms the further we evolve and grow along our chosen odyssey. Ignoring them cannot dissolve them for they can only be solved by our core. Smile inside out as you unravel their mysteries with patience and love; for within them lie beautiful knowledge and precious irreplaceable wisdom as they would guide you as we embrace every step with maturity and belief in God, who awakens our intuitions as they pave our path towards serenity and peace."

How often do we hear the trendy cliché "Live in the Now"? As much as I agree with its significance, let us consider the foundation and ramifications upon which Now exists-

NOW is the legendary bond linking two uncontrollable Universal Paradigms- our past and future. Not only is this momentous bridge embedded deeper and wider between yesterday and tomorrow but also connects us literally, biologically, spiritually and through many other realms to all of existence within our expanding Universe. The reason NOW is crucial can be explained conveniently via the Butterfly effect which states that the movement of a butterfly here and now may have severe repercussions on wind strength and eventually throughout the weather system of the globe, potentially strong enough to cause tornadoes halfway around the world.

Our entire being, from the innate non-physical to the pain-pleasure tangible continuum of the physical segment, undoubtedly surpasses time and space. Nonetheless, our common epoch here is to dive through the physical human experience channel via this transit lounge at the cushion and tender alms of our dear Mother Earth. Every intention transformed into silence, words and actions have their own consequential butterfly effects. These create their own unique velocities and momentum individually and eventually amalgamate to affect the evolution of our Universe towards higher dimensions. This in turn is an effect proceeded by cascades of events from our ancestors of the intangible mysterious past.

Hence, every entity, be it animate and inanimate are intricately inter-connected to one another beyond what is blatantly conspicuous. When we simplify our diverse variables by the common denominator of our Oneness, we are blessed with the galactic beauty of a garden of cosmic atoms and an ocean of aquatic cells holding hands and hearts with Unconditional Love.

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"We begin life with the world presenting itself to us as it is. Someone - our parents, teachers, analysts - hypnotizes us to "see" the world and construe it in the "right" way. These others label the world, attach names and give voices to the beings and events in it, so that thereafter, we cannot read the world in any other language or hear it saying other things to us. The task is to break the hypnotic spell, so that we become undeaf, unblind and multilingual, thereby letting the world speak to us in new voices and write all its possible meanings in the new book of our existence. Be careful in your choice of hypnotists."

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About Dr. Dheena Sadik

Born and raised in Sri Lanka, the Universe swept me away to a historic city in the heart of Asia for my medical studies. This metamorphic half decade molded me in challenging ways beyond my imagination as I arrived in Nawabshah, a medieval city in the heart of Sind province of Pakistan, that ideally fits the description of the Arabian Nights tales.

Eventually, I realized my true calling is to heal beings via the elixir of writing rather than synthetic drugs. Hence, I now embark on an unpredictable journey as I travel to pursue my dream.

With patience and perseverance, I continue to remain steadfast in following my passion guided by intuition.

Through writing, I look forward to sharing my Chosen Odyssey with you.